Hightstown Daycare Receives $25K Grant For Critical Needs

HIGHTSTOWN, NJ — A Hightstown daycare is one of 16 local nonprofits that will share in more than $600,000 in grants being awarded by the Princeton Area Community Foundation and The Burke Foundation to address critical needs in the community, the group announced this week.

Better Beginnings Child Development Center will receive a $25,000 grant for youth development. Better Beginnings provides high-quality and affordable childcare to youngsters, allowing their parents to work or attend full-time training or educational programs.

A total of 16 local nonprofits received grants ranging from $10,000 to $50,000 through the Princeton Area Community Foundation Community Impact Grants and The Burke Foundation Legacy Grants program.

The grants include support for specific programs, as well as those for operating support, which allows nonprofits to strengthen their capacity to serve their clients.

“Through our collaboration with The Burke Foundation, we increased the pool of funds available to award to nonprofits serving our communities,” Community Foundation President and CEO Jeffrey M. Vega said. “We know the needs in our community are significant — we received 64 requests for funding. We hope to foster more of these partnerships in the future, so we can help support even more programs.”

“We are thrilled to be partnering with Princeton Area Community Foundation to deepen our support of the nonprofit agencies that serve to address the needs of low-income individuals, families and communities in our local area,” Burke Foundation President James Burke said.